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\ud83d\udea8 UPDATE:<\/strong> My book FRIENDLY AMBITIOUS NERD<\/strong> is out! Buy it now: gum.co\/friendlynerdbook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello! I’m @visakanv<\/a>, my friends call me Visa. I’m a 30yo Singaporean “digital native” who grew up on the Internet, writing prolifically across many mediums. I’ve gotten a bit of a reputation for my Twitter threads \u2013 check out Aaron Lewis’s post The Spreading of Threading<\/a><\/em> for some context on that. This is a work-in-progress post consolidating my often-revisited, often-shared twitter threads. Want to incentivize me to spend more time + energy on making this better? Support me on Patreon!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(PS: If you prefer audio, here’s a list of links to podcast episodes I’ve been on: visakanv.com\/podcasts\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Start Here<\/strong><\/h2>\n

These are good threads to get a sense of my \u201coperating system\u201d, the beliefs and ideas near the core of my thinking, my ways of seeing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. “exploring my curiosity” threads<\/a> \u2013 these are some of my all-time favorite threads, where I just pick some object or idea or concept and then start exploring and learning and tweeting as I go. (I’d love it if you did these too! Tag me in one, and I’ll add it to this list.<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cRT for more takes\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 I recently revisited this thread and was surprised by how well it captures many of my top-of-mind ideas.<\/li>\n
  3. FAQs about cultivating taste and building a body of work<\/a> \u2013 I’m very proud of these, I think I somehow managed to distill a lot of important points into a rather small space.<\/li>\n
  4. FAQs I get about my threads themselves<\/a> \u2013 how I think about them, how I do them, etc \u2013 particularly check out the thread about threading as a solution to fragmentation<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. video snippets that have moved me deeply over the years<\/a> \u2013 it would not be inaccurate to say that some of these videos are part of the reason why I’m still alive. It’s a significant part of why I do what I do.<\/li>\n
  6. movies thread<\/a> \u2013 particularly the Mean Girls thread<\/a>, which has relevance even to geopolitics<\/li>\n
  7. tv thread<\/a> \u2013 don’t miss the Margaery Tyrell appreciation thread<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. games thread<\/a> \u2013 I enjoyed analyzing the addictiveness of Firaxis games<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. 10 big ideas that have changed my life<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. thread of my best one-liners<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. weird-offbrand thoughts<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. “half-joking” thread<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. self authorship<\/a> \u2013 a recurring, bleak conversation I’ve had with many friends<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    marriage\/relationships<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

    I never set out to be someone who dispensed relationship advice, but I talk about my wife and our marriage sometimes, and those tweets tend to popular + people are always asking me questions about her\/us. The following threads are my most popular re: relationships, and I reference them a lot, so I wrote a \u201cmaster threadpost<\/a>\u201d using them as raw material.<\/em><\/p>\n

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    1. my wife predicts divorce really well<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. your spouse will annoy you more than anybody else<\/a> \u2013 even if they’re the least annoying person you know!<\/li>\n
    3. the project management of a relationship<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. the necessity of being considerate<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. \u201cspicing up your relationship\u201d is about being vulnerable<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. my wife is funny<\/a> \u2013 (warning, you may fall in love with my wife.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      make friends \u2013 peopling and socializing<\/h2>\n

      This list was initially further down the page, but I’m starting to realize that these might be some of the most valuable things that I’ve written. It’s amazing to me how often I encounter smart, thoughtful people who tell me that they’re lonely.<\/em><\/p>\n